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Assessing the role of root plasma membrane and tonoplast Na+/H+ exchangers in salinity tolerance in wheat: in planta quantification methods.
Plant, cell & environment - 1 Jun 2011
Cuin Tracey A, Bose Jayakumar, Stefano Giovanni, Jha Deepa, Tester Mark, Mancuso Stefano, Shabala Sergey
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This work investigates the role of cytosolic Na+ exclusion in roots as a means of salinity tolerance in wheat, and offers in planta methods for the functional assessment of major transporters contributing to this trait. An electrophysiological protocol was developed to quantify the activity of plasma membrane Na+ efflux systems in roots, using the microelectrode ion flux estimation (MIFE) technique. We show that...
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